Arsenal star Abou Diaby: I often wear my Spurs shirt

Abou Diaby has risked further angering Arsenal fans by revealing that he wears a Tottenham shirt around the house.

The top was given to him by international teammate and Spurs defender Younes Kaboul and it has become one of his favourite items of clothing for lounging around in.

Arsenal’s Abou Diaby wears a Spurs shirt around his house, he claims. (PA)

Diaby is not a particularly popular figure with Gunners fans anyway, with his inconsistent performances being used by Arsene Wenger’s critics as a prime example of the problems with his youth development policy.

So this new revelation that he enjoys wearing the shirt of Arsenal’s bitter rivals will not go down well at all at the Emirates.

Diaby is well aware of the fact that Gunners fans will be angered by his choice of attire, saying that he only ever wears it indoors.

He told The Sun: ‘It’s more difficult to wear in the street. There you are not safe.’

The 25-year-old also revealed that he hopes to be able to play with Kaboul at club level in the future.

‘It would be good to play for the same club one day,’ he added.

Diaby was said to have been at the centre of a dressing room bust-up with teammate Robin van Persie at half time in the Gunners 3-1 win over Blackpool in April.

The Dutchman was said to be furious with his colleague’s propensity for collecting silly bookings.